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20) 'SANDY THE TINKER', Charlotte Riddell (1882)
"He was the Evil One; the name seemed to be taken up by the echoes and repeated from rock to rock and crag to crag; the whole air seemed full of that one word; and then a great horror of darkness came about us" #GothicAdvent
"The longest night, return of light,
crisp moon, a thousand stars
bewitched and wished, silver and wise
a symphony of silence."
#Solstice #GothicAdvent
The legend of the Christmas Rose and Madelon is a wonderful and touching tale. It reminds us that during Christmas gift-giving it is the thought that counts, and the most precious gifts are those that come from the heart. More: https://t.co/xMNWuEBypo
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#GothicAdvent on @HopelessMaine day eighteen- an undead pet on a damp romp. (Drury is a *good* dog)
"Long time no see treasure hunter. Did you find MY Emeralds?"
#SonicTheHedgehog #SonicAdventure2 #RougeTheBat #Rouge
In Wales there is a wassailing folk custom using a macabre hobby horse called the Mari Lwyd. The festive horse skeleton travels door-to-door and challenges people to “pwnco” a rhyming battle of wits.
#WyrdWednesday ✨ #GothicAdvent 🎄#YuleFolklore
#FairyTaleTuesday The Lady of the Cold from Tove Jansson's #Moomin book 'Moominland Midwinter' (1957) brings ice and snow to Moominvalley. She is described as extremely beautiful, however if you look into her eyes she will instantly freeze you to death #GothicAdvent🥶❄️
Eggman pisses on the moon
#SonicTheHedgehog #Sonic
#Sonic2 #SonicMovie2 #SonicAdventure2
“Schwingerl voll Darm! Basket full of guts!”, Bloody Lucy cries, St Lucia's dark aspect, walking the fringes of the Bavarian Forest in the dark of Old Midwinter, now St Lucy’s Eve, disembowelling the little ones she catches, filling her schwingerl with their guts
#GothicAdvent
consistently upset by the lack of Amy in recent Sonic games (looking at you Sonic Mania) so thought I'd do some art of her, with an attempt at the Adventure art style
#sonicthehedgehog #amyrose #sonicfanart #sonicadventure #sonicfrontiers
In Austria, St. Lucia’s Eve was a time when special danger from witchcraft was feared and averted by prayer and incense which was carried through each house and every room...
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According to Norwegian folklore, tonight is the night of Lussi, a female creature with demonic traits. Lussi rode with Åsgårdsreia, the Norwegian version of the Wild Hunt, and her job was to punish people who didn't do their Yule preparations correctly.
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“From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them, and that is eternity.”
Edvard Munch was born #OTD 1863 in Ådalsbruk
🎨 "Madonna" (1894)
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I've decided that everything rhymes with tentacles.
Victorian Christmas cards were a bit creepy...
#GothicAdvent #YuleFolklore #Christmas